§ 1523. — Congressional reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 8USC1523]
TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
SUBCHAPTER IV--REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
Sec. 1523. Congressional reports
(a) The Secretary shall submit a report on activities under this
subchapter to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate not later than the January 31
following the end of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 1980.
(b) Each such report shall contain--
(1) an updated profile of the employment and labor force
statistics for refugees who have entered the United States within
the five-fiscal-year period immediately preceding the fiscal year
within which the report is to be made and for refugees who entered
earlier and who have shown themselves to be significantly and
disproportionately dependent on welfare, as well as a description of
the extent to which refugees received the forms of assistance or
services under this subchapter during that period;
(2) a description of the geographic location of refugees;
(3) a summary of the results of the monitoring and evaluation
conducted under section 1522(a)(7) of this title during the period
for which the report is submitted;
(4) a description of (A) the activities, expenditures, and
policies of the Office under this subchapter and of the activities
of States, voluntary agencies, and sponsors, and (B) the Director's
plans for improvement of refugee resettlement;
(5) evaluations of the extent to which (A) the services provided
under this subchapter are assisting refugees in achieving economic
self-sufficiency, achieving ability in English, and achieving
employment commensurate with their skills and abilities, and (B) any
fraud, abuse, or mismanagement has been reported in the provisions
of services or assistance;
(6) a description of any assistance provided by the Director
pursuant to section 1522(e)(5) of this title;
(7) a summary of the location and status of unaccompanied
refugee children admitted to the United States; and
(8) a summary of the information compiled and evaluation made
under section 1522(a)(8) of this title.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title IV, ch. 2, Sec. 413, as added Pub. L. 96-
212, title III, Sec. 311(a)(2), Mar. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 115; amended
Pub. L. 97-363, Secs. 3(b), 7, Oct. 25, 1982, 96 Stat. 1734, 1737; Pub.
L. 99-605, Sec. 11, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3455; Pub. L. 100-525,
Sec. 9(jj), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 103-236, title I,
Sec. 162(n)(3), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 409.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-236 struck out ``, in consultation
with the Coordinator,'' after ``The Secretary''.
1988--Pub. L. 100-525 redesignated former subsec. (a)(1) as (a) and
former subsec. (a)(2) as (b), and within (b), further redesignated
former subpars. (A) to (H) as pars. (1) to (8), respectively, and former
cls. (i) and (ii) of pars. (4) and (5) as cls. (A) and (B),
respectively; and struck out former subsec. (b) which provided for a
report to Congress by the Secretary not later than one year after Mar.
17, 1980, and former subsecs. (c) and (d) which provided for certain
reports to Congress by the Director not later than certain dates in
1983.
1986--Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Pub. L. 99-605 substituted ``the United
States within the five-fiscal-year period immediately preceding the
fiscal year within which the report is to be made and for refugees who
entered earlier and who have shown themselves to be significantly and
disproportionately dependent on welfare'' for ``under this chapter since
May 1975''.
1982--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-363, Sec. 3(b), added subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97-363, Sec. 7, added subsec. (d).
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 103-236 applicable with respect to officials,
offices, and bureaus of Department of State when executive orders,
regulations, or departmental directives implementing the amendments by
sections 161 and 162 of Pub. L. 103-236 become effective, or 90 days
after Apr. 30, 1994, whichever comes earlier, see section 161(b) of Pub.
L. 103-236, as amended, set out as a note under section 2651a of Title
22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-363 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 8 of
Pub. L. 97-363, set out as a note under section 1522 of this title.
